Anti-Israel socialist silent on Jewish business boycott in district he's set to represent
A newly elected Democratic socialist congressman from Philadelphia did not respond to questions about a boycott targeting Jewish-owned businesses in the city, even as prominent Pennsylvania Democrats condemned the demonstration, which coincided with the anniversary of Kristallnacht.Rep.-elect Christopher Rabb, D-Pa., who currently represents part of Northwest Philadelphia in the state House, did not respond to requests for comment about the boycott, which drew a large counterprotest supporting Jewish residents and businesses in Rittenhouse Square.A staff member at Rabb's Harrisburg office acknowledged Fox News Digital's inquiry and the two-hour deadline for a response.Fox News Digital also contacted Rabb's Harrisburg and campaign offices by email.TENSIONS FLARE AS DEMONSTRATORS TARGET JEWISH RESTAURANTS, DRAWING MASSIVE COUNTERPROTESTPA State Rep.
Christopher Rabb, D-West Oak Lane, stumps with New York progressives in New York City.Rabb has been uniquely silent, compared to his Democratic Philadelphian and Pennsylvanian compatriots in the wake of virulent anti-Semitic protests in Rittenhouse Square.
(Adam Gray/Getty Images)Over the weekend, the left-wing cycling group Philly Bike on Your Left helped organize a boycott targeting Jewish-owned businesses in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square neighborhood.Flyers promoting the rally carried the slogans "No business for Zionists" and "Not in our city," according to published reports.Philly Bike on Your Left could not immediately be reached for comment.
Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, refers to the November 1938 Nazi-organized attacks on Jews, synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses across Germany and Austria.DSA ACCUSED OF ‘ELEVATING’ ANTISEMITIC, PRO-TERROR RHETORIC AFTER HASAN PIKER HOSTS ELECTION STREAMRabb has been an outspoken critic of Israel.He previously declared that the "Nakba never ended" — a reference to the displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war — and has appeared...